G/TBT/N/CAN/693  
21 February 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English /French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different f rom above:   
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343) 203 -4273 
Fax: (613) 943 -0346 
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
Comments can also be submitted by email in electronic format (Microsoft Word or Adobe 
PDF): spectrumengineering -genieduspectre@ised -isde.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2 .10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Telecommunications (ICS 33.170)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Consultation  on 
RSS-247, Issue 3 (26 page s, available in English and French)  
6. Description of content:  Notice is hereby given by the Ministry of Innovation, Science 
and Economic Development Canada has amended the following standard:  
RSS-247 (Issue 3) Digital Transmission Systems (DTSs), Frequen cy Hopping Systems 
(FHSs) and Licence -Exempt Local Area Network (LE -LAN) Devices. This standard sets out 
certification requirements for radio apparatus operating in the bands 902 -928 MHz, 2400 -
2483.5 MHz and 5725 -5850 MHz employing frequency hopping, digit al modulation and/or 
a combination (hybrid) of both techniques. It also includes licence -exempt local area 
network (LE -LAN) devices operating in the bands 5150 -5250 MHz, 5250 -5350 MHz, 5470 -
5725 MHz, 5725 -5850 MHz, and 5850 -5895 MHz as specified in SP -5150 MHz and in 
SMSE -012-22Decision on the Technical and Policy Framework for Radio Local Area 
Network Devices in the 5850 -5895 MHz Band and for the Intelligent Transportation 
Systems in the 5895 -5925 MHz Band . G/TBT/N/CAN/693  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature  of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consultation  
8. Relevant documents:   
Not applicable  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  3 May 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be found and comments can also be 
submitted at the following Web site:  
https://www .rabc-cccr.ca/ised -radio-standards -specification -rss-247-issue-3-february -
2023-digital -transmission -systems -dtss-frequency -hopping -systems -fhss-and-licence -
exempt -local-area-network -le-lan-devic/  (English)  
https://www .rabc-cccr.ca/fr/isde -cahier -des-charges -sur-les-normes -radioelectriques -
cnr-247-3e-edition -fevrier -2023-systemes -de-transmission -numerique -stn-systemes -a-
sauts -de-frequence -ssf-et-dispositifs -de-reseaux -lo/ (French)